Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Kentucky for 2015

The Law Enforcement (LEO) payscale is the federal government payscale used to determine the salaries of over 70% of federal civilian employees.

Like the General Schedule (GS) Payscale, under the LEO payscale an employee's base pay depends on two factors - the LEO Paygrade of their job, and the Paygrade Step they have achieved (depending on seniority or performance). This base pay is then modified based on a "Locality Pay Adjustment", which adjusts the LEO payscale based on cost-of-living in different areas within the United States.

Kentucky has one or more Locality Pay Adjustment areas with special locality pay adjustment rates. This page lists the locality-adjusted yearly LEO pay scales for each area, with starting pay for a LEO-1 broken down by county in the interactive map.

The CINCINNATI-WILMINGTON-MAYSVILLE, OH-KY-IN General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Cincinnati and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 18.55% more than the GS base pay rates to account for local cost of living.

LEO Grade

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Step 6

Step 7

Step 8

Step 9

Step 10

LEO-3

$31,697

$32,578

$33,458

$34,339

$35,220

$36,101

$36,982

$37,862

$38,743

$39,624

LEO-4

$35,583

$36,571

$37,560

$38,549

$39,538

$40,526

$41,515

$42,504

$43,492

$44,481

LEO-5

$40,915

$42,021

$43,127

$44,233

$45,339

$46,446

$47,552

$48,658

$49,764

$50,870

LEO-6

$43,143

$44,376

$45,609

$46,841

$48,074

$49,307

$50,540

$51,773

$53,006

$54,239

LEO-7

$46,569

$47,938

$49,307

$50,677

$52,046

$53,415

$54,784

$56,154

$57,523

$58,892

LEO-8

$48,543

$50,060

$51,578

$53,095

$54,612

$56,130

$57,647

$59,165

$60,682

$62,200

LEO-9

$51,939

$53,614

$55,289

$56,964

$58,640

$60,315

$61,990

$63,665

$65,340

$67,015

LEO-10

$57,197

$59,041

$60,886

$62,731

$64,575

$66,420

$68,265

$70,109

$71,954

$73,799

The Cincinnati locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: and other areas within the region.

Any federal employees in Kentucky who do not live in an area for which a specific Locality Pay Adjustment has been set will receive the generic "Rest of the United States" locality pay adjustment of 14.16% (shown in the table below).

LEO Grade

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Step 6

Step 7

Step 8

Step 9

Step 10

LEO-3

$30,523

$31,371

$32,219

$33,068

$33,916

$34,764

$35,612

$36,460

$37,309

$38,157

LEO-4

$34,265

$35,217

$36,169

$37,121

$38,074

$39,026

$39,978

$40,930

$41,882

$42,834

LEO-5

$39,400

$40,465

$41,530

$42,595

$43,660

$44,726

$45,791

$46,856

$47,921

$48,986

LEO-6

$41,545

$42,732

$43,920

$45,107

$46,294

$47,481

$48,669

$49,856

$51,043

$52,230

LEO-7

$44,844

$46,163

$47,481

$48,800

$50,119

$51,437

$52,756

$54,074

$55,393

$56,711

LEO-8

$46,745

$48,206

$49,668

$51,129

$52,590

$54,051

$55,513

$56,974

$58,435

$59,896

LEO-9

$50,016

$51,629

$53,242

$54,855

$56,468

$58,081

$59,694

$61,307

$62,920

$64,534

LEO-10

$55,079

$56,855

$58,631

$60,408

$62,184

$63,960

$65,737

$67,513

$69,289

$71,066

The Rest of U.S. locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Hopkinsville, Lexington-Fayette, Lexington, Fort Knox, and other areas within the region.